Refuse-vehicle



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REFUSE VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN; 30, I917- Patented 1160.20, 1921.

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I I REFUSE VEHICLE.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30,1917- I 1,400,543, Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

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I REFUSE VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED {AN-30,1917- Patented 1 )ec.20, 1921'.

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nnrusn-venrcnn Application filed January 30, 3.917.

7 0 all who 12bit may 00% f n Be it known that 1, W '12: .15: V1 FI'ARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at bOl'Ollgll of lllanhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refuse- Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to refuse conveyances.

More particularly the invention relates to a conveyance adapted to receive ashes, garbage and similar material and comprising a plurality of compartments for such materials, combined with means for disch' receptacles containing any such mater any one of said compartments at will. in the preferred forms of the invention the discharging means is constructed to preclude the emifision of dust or leakage of any liquid or other portion of the refuse into the atiu s phcre. The most preferred form of my invention compr es means for eletx ttin c the ordina cans of ashes, or gijarbege, or other mate as the case may be, T0121 a position p ordinate to the street curb, cou'ibined withmcaus for dumpin the contentscf the I at will into the pro r compart refuse conv nce. and means .i

dingtie clues/m of do or liqui other in'ipurity into the or onto the a. cot

while being elevated and while being ch arged into such. compartment. In the sev eral forms of the invention, tie dumping means is ar nged relative to respec refuse com 1 tments to assure the full. load.- iugsi of each compartment. Each compartment is constructed to be readily emptied into a barge or like subsequent carrier, by arrai ngg such compartment to be directly l b, bodily movementof such compertinent. or by the provision of a downwardly sloping bottom and improved gate therefor, thereby obviating the serious opcmtinc' disadvantages of hoisting and the like, necessary with compartment refuse couveyances heretofore proposed.

In the preferred construction as more fully hereinafter described, the comoartment for ashes and like refuse provided with an inclined bottom to facilitate the dumping of the load, thesaid receptacle hemoprovided with dumping openings in its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Doc. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 145,446.

lther features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood fromithe following description and drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly cut away of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the elevating means of Fig. 1;

3 is a rear elevation of a half end portion of the conveyance;

Fig. l is a detail horizontal view taken on line -l-4l of Fig. 2;

Fig. :"i is a detail sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a detail front elevationof the crank and controlling means therefor, for manually operating the carrier;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectonal view, similar to Fig. 5, but of somewhat modified form, and I I Fig. 8 is a detail horizontal sectional View shov-Iing the discharged doors, its flange and cations of the aforesaid several compare ments of the conveyance may be chosen ac cording; to the particular circumstances of use.

The garbage compartment 1 is shown comprising the entire rearward or end portion of the conveyance and is constructed to em body the advantageous characteristics of the ordinary dump cart, modified, however, by the par i ular construction and relation compri ed by the invention. The receptacle 1 is shown hinged to the body or chassis 3 of the vehicle. as by means of the pivotbars a journaled in the oppositely disposed brackcts 5. The compartment 1 is held in nor ion on the bodyor chassis 3 by means the latch 6. I

The compartment 2 is shown constructed to receive and hold ashes or like material.

Such compartment 2 may be arranged to be stationarily supported on the body or chassis 3 and provided with a discharge opening closed by hinged door 7. To in sure against leakage through the discharge opening of the compartment 2 when the door compartments 1, 2.

'7 is in closed position I have provided the sealin means 8 see Fi t 5 shown as comprising the eli'ective sealing portion 9 and the locking means 10. Said locking means comprises the, operating lever 11, the rack 12, the link 1-3 and guides 14:. The door 7 is provided with the side flanges 64 extendin into 'rooves to thereby seal the sides oi' the dd or as indicated in Fig. 8.

It will be, noted that the sealing .means 8 is adjustable in that the efi'ective sealing portion 9 engages the downwardly inclined bottom 15 of the compartment 2, as an abutment to force the door 7 into the desired de gree of closure determined by the position of the lever 11 on the rack 12.

In the modified form shown in Y, e

inclined bottom 15 of the compartment ising from the opposite sides of the conveyance and may be closed respectively by the hinged doors 1h normally closed by the spring 17, see Fig. 1. will be understood that the intakes 18 of the elevatin may be disposed as desired relative to the body of the conveyance to. meet the particular circumstances or": use. means comprises the passage 19 extendii from the intake 18 to a point above the two 7 The cross sectional dimensions of passage 19 are chosen accor Inodate the largest size oi ca: which may employed with my refuse conveyance. the passageway 19 is provided thcarrier 20, indicated in the drawings 0 prising the rest 21 for supporting a refuse can 22, said rest 21 being movable along a. guideway 23. The rest 21' is elevated or lowered by means of the chain EZ-i passing over the sprocket wheel 25 mounted on the shaft 26.

The shaft 26-is rotated by sprocket wheel 27, chain 28, sprocket wheel 29, secured to shaft 30, at the end of which may be pro vided the crank 31, for manual operation.

Such elevating means is preferably construct-ed in duplicate form CO1TJTl lllW Sllilll ing means arranged to afford countcrl alancing or" the carriers. Such arrangement also affords placing the cans on the carrier at either side of the vehicle. For this pin-pose the ends or the chain 24 areiespectively conmeans The elevating the cam within also be noted that the len th V O nected to the carrier 20 and the carrier 33, and the chain is of proper length so that when the carrier 20 is at its uppermost position the carrier 33 is at its lowermost position and vice versa. Iin such construction, the said carriers may be operated to elevate a filled can and lower an empty can simultaneously, or may be operated from either side of the vehicle with a single can, in which latter case the weight of the empty can may be utilized to lower the carrier by force of gravity and without manipulation of the crank 81. Positioned adjacent the uppermost position of each carrier is provided rocking receiver means for dumping at will a can into either compartment 1 or compartment/'2, and for returning the emptied can to its respective carrier. Such rocking receiver means is illustrated as comprising the re ceiver open at its bottom and normally supported by the plate 235, provided with the rearwardtrunnions 36, 86, extending within the open-top bearings and also the two forward studs 88 coacting with the trunnions 39, i0 respectively. The key portion of said studs 38 is rectangular or other angular formation, adapted to be received respectively into the open top recesses of said trunnions 39, 40. Said trunnions 39, d0 are respectively mounted in the bearings 11, and 4-2. The trunnion 39 is provided with the fixed leveryifil and the trunnion so is pro-V vided with the fixed lever dd, said levers 4%, M being employed to; respectively rock the receiver means in either direction, as desired. f

The top of the receiver 3 is open but provided with stops d5, of desired number and location to limit the extent of movement of the receiver when the re ceiver means is rocked to dump the contents of the caninto the desired vehicle compartment.

It will be noted thatthe receiver and its stops are adapted to be operated with reiuse cans of varying diameter and nevertheles" prevent the escape of any can from the ceiver into a vehicle compartment. .t w 72 the receii and the extent of bodily movement a 0 within a receiver dur. the operations or discharge are such-as to afford su'liicient nioinentum to the contents of the can, a sudden checking of the can itself and the discharge ofthe contents intoa vehicle comps nent at a point whereby thesuccessive discharges are distributed within the interior or" the compartment and substantially complete filling of the compartment assured.

From-the above'it will now be clear that l upon elevating the lever d3, the receiver 34 will be rocked to the left (as viewed in Fig. by rotating the trunnion 39 in bearing ll and similarly the left-hand trunnion 36 in its bearing 37, whereas the right-hand-trun- CIT 1 scones nion 36 will be lifted through the open top of its bearing 3'? and the right handstud 88 through the open top of its trunnion 4E0 and the'open top of its bearing 42, the receiver 341 being thus manually rocked to its position as indicated by the arrow 53 at which point thereceiver 3st contacts with the stop 62. W hen the lever 44 is elevated the receiver is similarly acuated but in opposite directions as indicated by the arrow 52.

As above, the carrier 21 (33) is prefer ably provided with the stops 46 for locating the can when placed on said carrier, and also with the roller 47 to facilitate placing the Weighted can on the carrier.

Fig. 6 shows a double ratchet arrangement for controlling the direction ofrotation of the operating shaft and crank 31 and comprises the left hand dog as, the right hand dog 49, a common ratchet wheel 50 and the lock 51 for throwing out of operation either do as desired.

Tieferring to Fig; 1, the arrow 52'shows the general direction of discharge of the con tents of a can into the vehicle compartment 1 and the arrow 53 the general direction of discharge into the vehicle compartment 2. The vehicle compartment 1. shown provided with the hinged door 54, which is held in open position by the hook 55 engaging the eye 56. Upon unfastening the latch 6, the vehicle compartment 1 will be bodily dumped into discharging position as indicated by the dotted and. dashed lines and the contents of the compartment dumped in the general direction indicated by the arrow 57. The door 54 may be provided with one or more supplementary doors 58, suitable for dumping pails or small cans of refuse therethrough.

The vehicle compartments are entirely covered by sectional hoods, (shown as two in number) 59, 60,their lower edges forming grooves 62 and adapted to slide longitudinally of the vehicle, to thereby permit access to the inner operating parts for oiling, inspection, etc. The sectional hoods 59, are held in normal position by the books 61.

Although not fully indicated in the drawings, the various operating parts of the mechanism are provided with suitable guards, such as the guard 63 indicated for he sprocket chain 24.

Whereas l have illustrated my invention by reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that many changes and other modifications may be made without departing from the invention.

I claim.

1. The combination with a vehicle frame, of a plurality of compartments, a carrierfor conveying a receptacle thereon, means for vdischarghig at will into any one of said compartments the contents of the receptacle when said carrier reaches a predetermined stagz c. means for mounting sald carrier on said vehicle frame, means for mountingone of said compartments in fixed relation to said vehicle frame and means for mounting another of said compartments in pivotal relation on said vehicle frame, said pivotal mounting means being separate from said carrier and said fixed compartment mounting means. i

2. The combination with a vehicle frame, of a plurality of separate compartments, a carrier for conveying a receptacle thereon, means for supporting said carrier on said vehicle frame, means for discharging at will into any one of said compartments the contents of the receptacle when said carrier reaches an upper stage of its travel, means for mounting said discharging means on said vehicle frame and means for pivotally mounting one of said compartments on said vehicle frame, said pivotal mounting means being separate from said supporting means and said discharge mounting means;

3. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a carrier for a receptacle a rece ver for the receptacle disposed at a point of travel of said carrier and means for moving said receiver in a direction. toward any one of said compartments will.

4:. The combination with a plurality of compar ments, of a carrier for a receptacle, a receiver for the receptacle disposed at a point of travel of said carrier and means for rocking said receiver in a direction toward any one of said compartments at will.

5. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a carrier for elevating a receptacle, a receiver for the receptacle dasposed at an uppermost point of travel of said carrier and means for moving said receiver in a direction toward any one of aid compartments at will.

6. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of an upwardlytraveling carrier for a receptacle, a receiver for the ceptacle disposed at an upper point of travel of said carrier and means for moving said receiver in a direction toward any one of said compartments at will.

7. The combination with plurality compartments, of a carrier for a recept r disposed between said compartments, a re ceiver for the receptacle disposed at a point of travel of said carrier and means for moving said receiver in a direction toward any one of said compartments at will.

8. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a carrier for a releptacle disposed between said compartments, a receiver for the receptacle disposed at a point of travel of said carrier and means for roclo ing said. receiver in a direction toward any one of said compartments at will.

9. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of an upwardly traveling carrier for a receptacle disposed between 1 said compartments, a receiver for the-receptacle disposed at an upper point ottravel of sald carrier and means tor moving said receiver in a dlrection toward any one or said compartments at will.

10. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of an upwardly traveling carrier for a receptacle disposed between said compartments, a receiver for the receptacle disposed at an upper point'ot travel of said carrier and means for rocking said receiver in a direction toward any one ct said compartments at will. 7

11. The combination with a plurality of compartments, 01' an upwardly traveling carrier for the receptacle, means for counterbalancing said carrier, a receiver for the receptacle disposed at upper point of travel of said carrier, means for supporting said receiver independently of said carrier, and means for moving said receiver in a direction toward any one of said compartments at will.

12. The combination of a plurality of compartments, a receiver for receptacles having an open terminal, means for positioning a receptacle in said receiver and means for moving said receiver toward any one of said compartments at will, to thereby discharge the contents of the receptacle into the desired compartment.

13. In combination with a plurality of compartments, of a receiver for receptacles having an open terminal and means tor rocking said receiver toward the interior of any one of said compartments at will.

1a. In combination with a compartment,

of a receiver for receptacles having an open terminal, a recessed support for said receiver and means for moving said support and. thereby said receiver toward theinterior of said compartment to thereby discharge contentsIot the receptacle into said compartment. 7

.15. In combination with a plurality of compartments, of a receiver for receptacles having an open terminal, a recessed support for said receiver and means {or rocking said support and thereby said receiver toward the interior of any one of said compartments at will.

16. The combination with aplurality of compartments, of a receiver having an open bottom and an open top, stops disposed adjacent the top and means "for moving said receiver toward any one of said compartments at will.

17. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a receiver having an open bottom and an open top, stops disposed adjacent the top and means for rocking said receiver toward any one of said compartments at will. c

18. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a receiver having an open bottom and an open top, stops disposed adjacent the top, a recessedsupport for said compartments, of a receiver having an'open face, means for conveying receptacles into said receiver through said open face anda receiver having means for rocking. said receiver toward any one of said compartments at will, to thereby discharge the contents otthe receptacle into such compartment. 7 I

21. The combination wlth a plurality of compartments, of an open bottom receiver,

said receiver having an open .top, stops positioned adjacent the top, means for convey-- ing a receptacle into said receiver through the open bottom, and means for rocking said receiver.

22. The combination with an open face receiver, a recessed support for said receiver, a plurality of pairs of studs, a pair of trunnions for one of said pairs of studs, said trunnions having open sides, a pair of bearings for the other of said pairs of studs, said bearings having open sides, and means for separately rotating said trunnions to thereby rock said receiver.

23. The combination with a compartmen having an open portion, of a carrier for receptacles extending toward said open portion, means for operating said carrier, means for removing a receptacle from saidcarrier, to discharge the contents of the receptacle into said compartment, and acounterweight for said carrier. i

24. The combination with a plurality of compartments having adjacent open portions, of aficarrier disposed between said compartments and extending toward said open portions, rests ior receptacles disposed on said carrier, means for operating said carrier, and means for removing a receptacle from one of said rests to thereby'discharge the contents of the receptacle into one or": said compartments.

25. The combination with a plurality of compartments, of a carrier extending from one side of said compartments toanother side, said carrier extending upwardly between said compartments, arest on said carrier adapted to support a receptacle, a counter-weight for said carrier and means for operating said carrier upwardly to thereby move a receptacle to an upper point of dis charge.

26. The combination with a plurality of compartments, oi carriers extending from opposite sides of said compartments, said carriers respectively extending from one side upwardly to a point of discharge, rests for receptacles disposed at predetermined locations on said carrier, means for operating said carrier and means for removing a receptacle from a rest to thereby discharge the contents of the receptacle into one of said compartments.

27. The combination With a plurality of compartments, of carriers extending from opposite sides of said compartments, said carriers extending upwardly from each said side and between said compartments, a receiver disposed at a predetermined location of said carriers and means for rocking said receiver toward any one of said compartments at will.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification this 25th day of January, 1917.

WILLIAM W. HARRIS. 

